Without any context, some commentators were enraged. “Why would you do that,” Mrsluckey68 wrote. “Just not cool at all,” followed terry.davis.spartanyogi. “Is the Torturous surgery for his well being? Or your ego? Just not cool.”

Both Ryan and Tamra were quick to respond. First, Ryan responded full of expletives ("no you f---ing idiot he has cancer in his ear and they're removing it. Gets your facts straight before you talk s--t f---head") and then Tamra commented, a bit more diplomatically ("Bronx has cancer ! It’s to save his life").

To shush critics, Ryan quickly followed with a video about Bronx’s ear cancer. He noted that the tumor is in one ear, but the family decided to clip both ears to even out his appearance.

“So when I say we’re clipping his ears, it’s because he has cancer, not because I think it looks cool, so get your facts straight before you start leaving comments,” he ended the more carefully worded explanation.